UV LEDs ramp up the quiet side of the LED market (MAGAZINE) 04 Feb 12
Relative to visible LEDs, UV LEDs are a quiet market at only $30 million, yet recent breakthroughs in radiant power and intensity have enabled the displacement of mercury-vapor lamps in applications including UV curing and counterfeit detection, reports LAURA PETERS. |
UV-LED developer Crystal IS acquired by Asahi Kasei 19 Jan 12
By joining Asahi Kasei, Crystal IS hopes to establish a strong market presence as a supplier of UVC LEDs for disinfection and germicidal applications. |
Philips and Maastricht University study lighting impact on cardiac patients 29 Nov 11
Maastricht University Medical Center finds that cardiac patients sleep longer when hospital rooms feature lighting that emulates the day-night cycle using LED and other sources. |
LED room at Chicago MSI explores color perception 25 Oct 11
An interactive “Colors From Light” room at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry has utilized 18,000 RGB LEDs to illustrate how people perceive colors and color changes. |
Sealed LED lighting units from MHA reduce hospital-acquired infection rates 02 Sep 11
Sealed LED lighting units protect patients from harmful bacteria, while providing uniformly-distributed dimmable light.
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ProPhotonix Ltd raises cash, targets new LED markets 18 Jul 11
Although best known for machine-vision products, ProPhotonix Ltd is looking to expand into other markets, such as medical and illumination, after raising cash from the sale of shares. |
Precise LED wavelengths spur plant growth (MAGAZINE) 26 Apr 11
Light sources such as LEDs with emitted energy centered around specific wavelengths may offer optimal performance in horticulture, outperforming broad-spectrum sources such as HPS lamps that are widely used in greenhouses today, explains MAURY WRIGHT. |
LEDs play an increasingly vital role in life-science applications 22 Mar 11
LED lighting technology can enhance our health, serve in rehabilitative therapy, and enable diagnosis of critical life-threatening conditions. |
WEBCAST: Near Infrared – Challenges in Lighting and Sensing 02 Mar 11
This Webcast will discuss the design challenges of building systems that utilize near-infrared LEDs, lasers and sensors. |
LED device could advance photodynamic therapy for skin cancer 22 Oct 10
Scientists at UC Irvine are exploring new ways to image cancerous lesions using LEDs that might enhance photodynamic therapy (PDT) treatments for cancer. |
Flexible LED arrays target biomedical applications 22 Oct 10
University of Illinois research yields flexible arrays of LEDs that could be used as medical implants, but that might find other more near-term practical applications. |
mLED Ltd spins out of Strathclyde with microLED focus 12 Jul 10
Dense arrays of miniature LED light sources called microLEDs hold promise in micro-display applications ranging from general lighting to neuroscience, microscopy, and communications. |
Digital Lumens promises 90% energy savings via networked LED lighting 16 Mar 10
Start-up company will target industrial environments such as warehouses and rely on network control and efficient LED fixtures to achieve savings. |
Oki to increase investment in LEDs 06 Jul 09
Oki’s new cleanroom will result in a fourfold increase in production capacity, accelerating its printer business and helping to develop new LED-related businesses. |
LEDs making the cut for lightweight surgical headsets 30 Jun 09
Using active cooling technology, Cool-View has developed a surgical headlight system that uses a single LED to match the light output of a 350W xenon fiber-optic system. |
UV LEDs can create lettuce with deeper color, more antioxidants 22 May 09
Plant physiologists from the USDA have developed a way to use UV LEDs to make lettuce darker and redder, and therefore healthier. |
LED bandage to enable outpatient skin cancer treatment 21 May 09
A plastic strip embedded with Polymertronics' LEDs can reportedly destroy skin cancer cells by bathing cream-applied skin with red light. |
UV LEDs help to detect counterfeit money 20 Apr 09
Seoul Semiconductor has reached an agreement with M-Vision to license patents related to a UV LED-based portable fluorescent forgery detector. |
Plant growth gets the red light from Showa Denko 07 Apr 09
The Japanese LED maker has developed high-performance 660 nm chips that accelerate plant photosynthesis. |
LEDs enable energy-efficient microscope for fast tuberculosis detection 12 Nov 08
Carl Zeiss has co-developed a rugged, compact LED-excited fluorescence microscope at a low enough running cost to be affordable in poorer countries. |
LED light shown to reduce face wrinkles 10 Nov 08
Researchers in Germany say that LED light applied to the face can be a potential alternative to Botox or cosmetic surgery. |
Nexxus Lighting finishes LED lighting project for spa 22 Sep 08
Nexxus and contractor Premier Electric used ~1000 feet of LED RGB linear light fixtures; some will perform color light therapy for spa patrons.
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CoolLED Ltd. signs licensing agreement with Carl Zeiss 04 Aug 08
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH has bought CoolLED's precisExcite LED fluorescence excitation system in the US, giving US microscope users access to the technology. |
LED contracts for Enfis and Lighting Science Group 02 Jul 08
Enfis has won a $2.15 million contract to supply light engines for medical lighting, while Lighting Science Group is the LED lighting partner for an architectural project in Macau. |
Dialight LED fixtures destined for hazardous mining locations 04 Mar 08
Mining company Rio Tinto Energy America is installing LED fixtures in various locations to take advantage of their robustness and low energy consumption. |
Bookham LED multiplexing module targets biomedical market 16 Jan 08
Using novel multiplexing filters, Bookham's LED module can combine up to six wavelengths in the visible range. |
Japanese researchers develop UV LED emitting at 227.5nm 13 Sep 07
Researchers at Riken and Saitama University have developed a viable LED with an extremely short wavelength. |
Chip-on-board LEDs shine light on medical applications 12 Jun 07
A wide variety of medical procedures and treatments are able to make use of LED light sources built using chip-on-board technology, writes Oliver Kückmann. |
Nichia launches 250 mW ultraviolet LED 08 Feb 07
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